September 10, 2012

Merry Passage

9/8/2012
Rancho Palos Verdes
White Point Rock
65 feet

San Diego Dorid buddies
Diaulula sandiegensis

Nikon D700
Dual Ikelite DS161 strobes
Nikon 60mm
f/40, 1/250
Margaret Webb

9/5/2012
Redondo Beach
Barge wreck
80 feet

An octopus tending to her eggs
Octopus sp.

Nikon D200
Dual DS-125 strobes
60mm lens,
Mark Pidcoe

9/8/2012
La Jolla Shores
Draw above Secret Garden

Hemphill's Kelp Crab
Podochela hemphilli

Sea & Sea DX-1G
Dual Intova ISS4000 slave strobes
Herb Gruenhagen

9/9/2012
La Jolla Shores
Main Wall
60 feet

Sarcastic Fringehead
Neoclinus blanchardi

Sea & Sea DX-2G
Internal strobe
Ryan Mable

9/9/2012
Los Coronados
North Island
Lobster Shack

California Sea Lion
Zalophus californianus

Canon T1i
Sea & Sea housing
Natural light
Kevin Lee

9/8/2012
Rancho Palos Verdes
White Point Rock

The salp chain
Pegea confoederata

Nikon D300
Dual YS-110a strobes
60mm lens with 1.4x Teleconverter
Tim Mckague

8/26/2012
St. John, USVI
Haulover Bay

Nurse Shark
Ginglymostoma cirratum

Canon G12
Walter Chung

9/8/2012
La Jolla Shores
10 feet

Diver Jennifer Lee

Canon S100
Canon housing
Ambient lighting
Steve Murvine

9/9/2012
Point Loma
Main Channel

The nudibranch
Tritonia festiva

Canon G9
Ikelite housing
DS-125 and DS-161 strobes (TTL)
Jim Lobb

9/5/2012
San Diego's Wreck Alley
Yukon
85 feet

Sheep Crab
Loxorhynchus grandis

Canon G12
Canon housing
Internal flash
David Andrew

9/4/2012
La Jolla Shores
Below the North Wall
85 feet

Angel Shark
Squatina californica

Nikon D7000
Sea & Sea housing
Dual Ikelite DS-160 strobes
Tokina 10-17mm lens at 17mm
f/6.3, 1/125, ISO 250
Jim Lyle

9/8/2012
Redondo Beach
75 feet

Diver Scott Webb and a salp chain

Olympus EM-5
8mm fisheye lens
f/8, 1/60 sec, ISO 800
Laura Coburn

9/5/2012
Catalina Island
Cherry Cove

Snorkeler
Tom Day

Red Octopus
Octopus rubescens

9/8/2012
La Jolla Shores
35 feet

Canon G12
Canon housing
INON Z240 strobe
f/3.2, 1/125, ISO 125
Matt Cerezo

9/9/2012
Los Coronados
North Island
Lobster Shack
30 feet

California Sea Lion
Zalophus californianus

Sealife DC1000
Ambient light
Steve Gardner

9/5/2012
La Jolla Shores
Vallecitos Point
55 feet

Diver Kerry Mahoney looks at a

Sheep Crab
Loxorhynchus grandis

Olympus C5050Z
Dual strobes
100mm lens
Brian McHugh

9/5/2012
La Jolla Shores
Main Wall
60 feet

Onespot Fringehead
Neoclinus uninotatus

Nikon D7000
Dual YS110a strobes
60mm lens